Decision details

Members welcomed the new Apprenticeship Strategy for the Council. The aim of the Strategy was for the Council to optimise the use of its apprenticeship levy contributions and raise the skills of employees to fill skill gaps and produce better outcomes for the residents. The training would be undertaken through vocational, professional, and apprenticeship training.

A range of objectives to support the Strategy included embedding a pro-apprenticeship culture across the organisation, to achieve the target of ten apprentices in training over the period 2022-2024, maximise the use of apprenticeships to develop existing employees to address skill gaps and succession planning and aid recruitment and retention, and promote and advertise the full range of apprenticeships available from Level 2 up to Level 7. 

RESOLVED that the Apprenticeship strategy be approved.

Reason

The Council was committed to invest in its staff, ensuring that skill gaps were filled in order to continue to deliver an excellent, value for money service to the public. With the vision of ‘A greener, safer, healthier Broxtowe where everyone prospers’.